Intertwining of culture and language on examples of English and Slovene onomastic idioms
Keywords:
cultural specificity, anthroponyms, toponyms, connotationAbstract
The connection between language and culture is reflected in the phraseology of a particular language. Despite the universality of some idioms which originate from common sources or have become established in a language because of language contact, many idioms are culture-specific. In this article, cultural specificity of English and Slovene onomastic idioms is discussed and special attention is paid to the onyms which are often names of people or places well-known among the members of a particular language community or culture. In such cases, the use of idioms is restricted to a national or local environment and the onym is more or less unknown outside the language community, which causes problems in idiom comprehension.
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